Section 6-B3106. RULES OF CONDUCT

 

3106.1These rules of conduct shall apply to all District Government employees responsible for the creation, development, maintenance, processing, use, dissemination, and safeguarding of personnel records. The Office of Personnel and each Independent Personnel Authority shall require that such employees are familiar with these and appropriate supplemental agency internal regulations.

 

3106.2Office of Personnel and agency employees whose official duties involve personnel records shall be sensitive to individual rights to personal privacy and shall not disclose information from any personnel record unless disclosure is part of their official duties or required by regulation or statute (e.g., required by the D.C. Freedom of Information Act).

 

3106.3Any Office of Personnel or agency employee who makes a disclosure of personnel records knowing that such disclosure is unauthorized, or who otherwise knowingly violates these regulations, shall be subject to disciplinary action and may also be subject to criminal penalties where the records are Federal records subject to the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 55a).

 

3106.4Employees shall be prohibited from using personnel information not available to the public, gained through official duties, for commercial solicitation or sale, or for personal gain.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 4288 (October 2, 1981).